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Letters Patent IVO. 63,983, dated /lprz'l 23, 1867.

IMPROVED BROOM-HEAD.

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" l'O ALL' WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HIRAM BARKER, of Aurora, in Athc county of Dearborn, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful improvement in Broom-Heads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, Clear, and CXHC description thereof', reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this speciiication, in whichl l l Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the broom-handle, and the head adjusted to receive the broom-corn or other material used in the construction of a broom. i

Figure 2 is a cross-section through the head showing the manner iri which the broomc0m is bound around and upon the' head. i The nature of` my invention consists inl so combining the parts ot' the head with each other.` and with the binding Wire or cord as that a incre easy and expeditious 'means of securing the broom-corn to the head may be attained than any that have hitherto been adopted or used. Moreover, when the broom shall have become so much worn as to be unfit for further use, all that will be necessary to produce a new broom will be the substi tution of new broom-corn for the old.

A, in th drawing, is the broom-handlc. B is a ferrule or hollow metallic cylinder, which receivesffor halfI of its length the end of the handle A, thisheing fitted to turn easily'but not too loosely in the cylinder. C is a plug of the same size as the handle, and fitting the other half of the cylinder in the same way, :its'inner end meeting and abutting against the cud of the handle, While thev outer end projects far enough to afford means for turning it. A hole, a, is made in the handle and plug near the ends of the cylinder, into which.rods of Stout wire may be inserted to serve as wrenches in turningthem. The direction given to the handle and plug in turning them for binding is indicated hy the arrows, iig. Eil. Near each end of the cylinder is a slot, l) D.

To the cylinder near the slots are attached the binding-wires E E, which, starting in opposite directions, arev made to entirely surround the cylinder at some 'distancethe1'cfrom, and passing therpoints of attachment are projected through theslots into the interiorot` the cylinder, where they are secured respectively to the handle A and the plug C, as seen in iig. 2. The space between the wires and the cylinder should be sufficient to allow the proper amount of broom-corn to be placed therein to form the broom. Small holes b li are made at intervals around the cylinder, near each en'd, through which tacks or small-nails may be driven into the handle and'plug to prevent them from turningr back after the wires have been drawn tight around the corn. When the space between the wires and the cylinder has been filled with broo1ncornor whatever else may be used for the saine purpose, Wrenches F F, shown in dotted lines, tig. l, are inserted into the holes a and the handle and plug are v turned against each other, drawing the wires E E tightly around the corn and binding it securely to the head, when the handle and plug may be iixed by tacks, as set forth. Channels are cut around the handle and plug to receive the Wires as they Wind around within the cylinder. v

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by` Letters Patent, is o i Y.

The cylinder B and bindingvwires or cords E, arranged substantially as described, in combination with the `broom-handle A and plug C, with their adjuncts, the holes I) and a, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

The above specification signed by me this QOth day of December, 1866. A

HIRAM -BARKER Witnesses:

Louis M. FOULH, W. H. Conn. 

